Cops are investigating the defacement of a 6,000-year-old cave painting in southern Spain.
He was trying to gussy up the painting to take a photo for his Facebook page.
The paintings are located in the Sierra Sur de Jaen mountain in Spains Jaen Province.
The paintings, washed out by water.© Civil Guard photo.
They kicked off the hunt in May when pictures of the water-logged cave paintings surfaced online.
People love to take pictures of the paintings, which is a normal instinct.
Whats not normal is pouring water over them to ensure they glisten and gleam when photographed.
After taking the pictures, the man uploaded them to Facebook and tagged his location.
It wasnt hard for authorities to track him down.
Dumbasses trying to score points on social media are just the latest threat to the ancient cave paintings.
In 2022, vandals spray-painted a large Spanish flag over another nearby cave painting.
The flag was so large it could be spotted from a nearby road.
Something similar happened in Australia (also in 2022) when vandals defaced3,000-year-old rock art.
As the planet heats up and the oceans rise, were losing access to some of these artistic wonders.
Reaching it requires diving into the Mediterranean and navigating an underwater cave.
Sea levels have risen a lot in the past decade and navigating to the cave is becoming increasingly difficult.
Worse, the changing tides are starting to wipe away some of the artwork.
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